Best Food and Agriculture Tech Companies in Italy
The 446 best Food and Agriculture Tech companies in Italy in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: everli.
Food and Agriculture Tech in Italy is a sector you can actually size up: 446 companies tracked, $581M in total disclosed funding, and not a single unicorn yet. That last point matters. It tells you the market's still consolidating, still wide open for the right bet. Planet Farms leads the board at $140M raised, with everli close behind at $155M, and xFarm pulling $60M into precision agriculture. Three names, three very different slices of the value chain, and collectively they absorb the lion's share of capital while hundreds of smaller players compete for the rest.
The global Food and Agriculture Tech market sits at roughly $4,200B (2023), growing at a 4.7% CAGR, and Italy's funding pool reflects how early the local buildout still is relative to that opportunity. I'd watch the app layer closely here: median install growth across 504 food and agtech apps is running at roughly +20% year-on-year, which signals consumer-side pull that the funding numbers alone don't capture. Demand drivers like water conservation and plant-based reformulation are pushing operators toward digital tools faster than most expect. Investors like CDP Venture Capital and H-FARM are already positioned. So the question isn't whether this sector moves, it's who captures the middle of the stack before it gets crowded.
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Our analysis of 414 Food and Agriculture Tech companies
$46.7b in tracked funding; 86% of the stack-profiled cohort runs cloud-native; funding activity peaked in 2021.
Ranked: Best Food and Agriculture Tech companies in Italy
| # | Company | Disclosed funding | Last round | Stage | Employees | Founder | Tech stack | Patents & IP focus | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | everli Everli is a marketplace for online grocery shopping where customers can choose groceries from a variety of… | $155M | 50 mo ago | Acquired | 297 | — | Framer SitesApple iCloud MailGoogle Workspace+25 | — | — |
| 2 | Planet Farms Sustainable vertical farming company delivering fresh, flavorful, and nutritious produce | $140M | 30 mo ago | Series C | 95 | Luca Travaglini Chairman & Co-Founder | PHPThree.jsGSAP+18 | — | — |
| 3 | xFarm Farm management app optimizing agriculture through technology and sustainable practices | $60M | 20 mo ago | Series C | 91 | Matteo Cunial Co-Founder & Chief Revenue Officer | WebflowApple iCloud MailMicrosoft 365+19 | — | 1 award |
| 4 | Cortilia Online marketplace providing grocery items from farm to home | $53M | 65 mo ago | Series C | 75 | Andrea Colombo CEO | WordPress Block EditorWordPressApple iCloud Mail+25 | — | — |
| 5 | Agricola Moderna Innovative vertical farming company producing sustainable, pesticide-free salads and herbs | $17M | 34 mo ago | Series B | 16 | Pierluigi Giuliani Co-Founder & CEO | WordPressMySQLPHP+18 | — | — |
| 6 | Soplaya Online marketplace platform offering multi-category groceries products | $17M | 10 mo ago | Series A | 32 | Ivan Litsvinenka Co-Founder & CTO | WordPressApple iCloud MailGoogle Workspace+30 | — | — |
| 7 | Treedom Online platform for farmers and to increase carbon credits and obtain financial linkage | $14M | 33 mo ago | Series A | 142 | Tommaso Speroni Co-Founder | Cart FunctionalityWordPressApple iCloud Mail+26 | — | 1 partnership |
| 8 | Deliveristo Platform offering digital tools for restaurant operations, ordering, and delivery management | $13M | 46 mo ago | Series B | 45 | Lorenzo Tassone Co-Founder | — | — | — |
| 9 | CanapaR Secure domain name marketplace facilitating simple and safe transfers | $12M | 65 mo ago | Acqui-Hired | 23 | — | — | — | — |
| 10 | Vino Online platform offering wine products | $11M | 144 mo ago | Series B | 45 | Elisa Scapin Co-Founder & CFO | Cart FunctionalitySwiftypeBootstrap+24 | — | — |
| 11 | BabacoMarket Provider of anti waste subscription e grocery platform offering fruits and vegetables | $8M | 42 mo ago | Series A | 49 | Luca Masseretti Co-Founder | — | — | — |
| 12 | Cosaporto Platform offering grocery supplies | $7M | 42 mo ago | Series A | 26 | Stefano Manili Founder & CEO | Cart FunctionalityWooCommerceWordPress+31 | — | — |
| 13 | 3Bee Developer of bee-health monitoring systems | $5M | 29 mo ago | Series A | 61 | Elena Fraccaro Co-Founder | Node.jsNextAuth.jsRadix UI+19 | — | 1 internship |
| 14 | Tulips Online grocery store offering home delivery services | $5M | 48 mo ago | Series A | 80 | — | Node.jsGoogle Sign-inApple Sign-in+23 | — | — |
| 15 | Risparmio Super Online platform enabling customers to compare prices of food & beverages from different retailers | $4M | 138 mo ago | Deadpooled | 3 | Zion Nahum Founder and CEO | — | — | — |
| 16 | Foodelux Platform offering B2B wholesaler and supplier for food businesses | $3M | 78 mo ago | Series A | 13 | — | — | — | — |
| 17 | Macai Online platform offering multi-category grocery supplies | $3M | 54 mo ago | Seed | 41 | — | — | — | — |
| 18 | Arete Provider of monitoring and forecasting solutions for agri-businesses | $3M | 34 mo ago | Funding Raised | — | Enrica Gentile Founder & CEO | WordPressMySQLPHP+25 | — | 1 launch |
| 19 | New Gluten World Platform offers technology to transforms gluten into a bioactive protein | $3M | 91 mo ago | Deadpooled | — | Carmen Lamacchia CEO & President | — | 38 patents Detoxification of gluten proteins from cereal grains for safe food and medical use | — |
| 20 | TomaPaint Provider of solutions to convert tomato waste into bio-resin | $3M | 42 mo ago | Funding Raised | 3 | Tommaso Barbieri Co-Founder | — | 4 patents Extraction and purification of tomato-derived cutin biopolymers from processing waste | — |
| 21 | Qodeup Provider of digital menu solutions for restaurants | $2M | 44 mo ago | Seed | — | Fabio Marniga Co-Founder & CEO | — | — | — |
| 22 | Qodeup Developer of a digital restaurant application intended to help people to browse the restaurant menu by… | $2M | 44 mo ago | Seed | 32 | — | WordPressPleskMySQL+25 | — | — |
| 23 | Hort@ Innovative decision support systems for sustainable agriculture and agro-industrial supply chains | $2M | 68 mo ago | Acquired | 26 | Simona Giosue Managing Director | WordPressMySQLPHP+16 | — | — |
| 24 | Cynomys Provider of environmental monitoring systems for livestock and agricultural industries 40Growth top 30%Moat top 38%Product top 43%Talent top 45% All 10 signals ▾Growthtop 30% Moattop 38% Producttop 43% Talenttop 45% Techtop 50% Patentsbottom 47% Innovationbottom 46% Fundingbottom 45% Globalbottom 43% Marketbottom 22% Growth: Web rank 50,000,000 → 10,000,000 YoY Moat: Editorial + unicorn rating 5/10 · IP moat: 8 patents rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 40/100 | $2M | 27 mo ago | Seed | — | Ambra Milani Co-Founder | WordPressMySQLPHP+28 | 8 patents IoT sensor networks for hazardous gas detection in livestock facilities | — |
| 25 | Moovenda Food delivery from local restaurants | $2M | 100 mo ago | Deadpooled | 11 | — | WordPressMySQLPHP+11 | — | — |
| 26 | Wenda Offering supply chain visibility & collaboration platform for the food and beverage industry | $2M | 64 mo ago | Seed | 25 | Mattia Nanetti Co-Founder | DatoCMSstyled-componentsEmotion+22 | 3 patents Sensor-based monitoring and data analysis for liquid food quality control. | — |
| 27 | WIB Provider of vending machines and automated retail solutions | $2M | 127 mo ago | Seed | 15 | Alfonso Correale CEO | WordPressMySQLPHP+18 | 6 patents Automated warehouse logistics systems and modular vending machine technology | 1 partnership |
| 28 | IGA Technology Services Provider of sequencing and bioinformatics services for genomics and transcriptomics | $2M | 105 mo ago | Funding Raised | — | Federica Cattonaro CEO | WagtailPythonDjango+15 | — | 1 job opening |
| 29 | Foodscovery Online retailer offers artisanal food products | $2M | 124 mo ago | Seed | 11 | Mario Sorbo Founder & CMO | — | — | — |
| 30 | Farm4Trade Develops digital tool for livestock animal record keeping | $1M | 32 mo ago | Funding Raised | — | Ercole Del Negro Co-Founder & CTO | — | 6 patents AI-driven animal health assessment and biometric identification for livestock management | — |
| 31 | EatsReady Online marketplace for restaurant discovery and online ordering | $1M | 94 mo ago | Acquired | 11 | Giacomo Alpago Co-Founder & CEO | — | — | — |
| 32 | FrescoFrigo FrescoFrigo is a smart fridge solution that offers automated, reliable, and scalable plug&play fridges for… | $1M | 85 mo ago | Seed | 26 | Enrico Pandian Founder & Co-CEO | PleskVideoJSReact+13 | 3 patents Vending machine product dispensing systems and related distribution methods | — |
| 33 | Cesarine Provider of offering community platform of home cooks | $1M | 56 mo ago | Seed | 29 | — | PrismicTurbopackNode.js+34 | — | — |
| 34 | Foorban Internet first restaurant serving ready-to-eat meals | $1M | 109 mo ago | Seed | 45 | Stefano Cavaleri Co-founder & Chief Sales and Marketing Officer | Node.jsMUINext.js+22 | — | — |
| 35 | Wineowine Online retailer of wine | $1M | 121 mo ago | Seed | 13 | Federico Laurentino De Cerchio Co-Founder & CEO | — | — | — |
| 36 | Finapp Developer of CRNS probes for soil and snow water measurement | $1M | 35 mo ago | Seed | 12 | Angelo Amicarelli Co-Founder & CSO | WordPressMySQLPHP+23 | 16 patents Hydrological sensing of water content in snow, soil, and vegetation using measurement devices. | 1 expansion |
| 37 | Quomi Internet first brand for recipe boxes | $1M | 52 mo ago | Seed | 8 | — | Cart FunctionalityGoogle MapsElement UI+26 | — | — |
| 38 | Tuduu App-based shopping list builder for multi-category grocery products | $1M | 11 mo ago | Seed | — | Giorgia Palazzo Co-Founder | ShopifyCart FunctionalityNode.js+12 | — | — |
| 39 | Quisto Provider of the supply chain platform for food service and food retailers | $870K | 38 mo ago | Seed | 7 | Stefano Raffaglio Co-Founder | Cart FunctionalityShopifyAmazon Web Services+18 | — | — |
| 40 | Nodriver Provider of AI and satellite-based irrigation management solutions for farmers | $850K | 43 mo ago | Deadpooled | — | Luca Calacci Co-Founder | — | — | — |
| 41 | Ittinsect - Feed for the Ocean Provider of insect-based aquaculture feed | $802K | 39 mo ago | Seed | 7 | Alessandro Romano Founder & CEO | — | — | — |
| 42 | FIXE Online platform for restaurant bookkeeping | $678K | 19 mo ago | Seed | 31 | — | WordPressMySQLPHP+40 | — | — |
| 43 | DrinkMe Online retailer of wine, spirits, bar equipment, and soft drinks | $618K | 25 mo ago | Seed | — | Andrea Marcella Founder | PHPUbuntuGoogle Maps+24 | — | — |
| 44 | Small Giants Provider of insect-based snacks packed with planet-positive protein | $558K | 35 mo ago | Seed | 1 | Andrea Nardo Co-Founder | Cart FunctionalityShopifyVue.js+25 | — | — |
| 45 | Arterra Bioscience Developer of sustainable biotechnologies and innovative solutions for various industries | $493K | 61 mo ago | Funding Raised | 30 | Gabriella Colucci Founder & CEO | WordPressPleskMySQL+19 | 36 patents Bioactive microbial strains and plant‑cell extracts for cosmetics, pharma, and nutraceuticals | 1 award |
| 46 | Vado Provider of vending automatic delivery operations services | $432K | 20 mo ago | Seed | 11 | Alberto Luison Co-Founder | Cart FunctionalitySquarespace CommerceSquarespace+15 | — | — |
| 47 | Mia Kombucha Internet first brand offering kombucha | $260K | 44 mo ago | Seed | 5 | Ivan Parenti Co-Founder | Cart FunctionalityShopifyShop Pay+21 | — | — |
| 48 | PlantBit Provider of organic electrochemical transistor technology for real-time monitoring of plants | $208K | 17 mo ago | Seed | — | Filippo Vurro CEO | — | — | 1 partnership |
| 49 | Kilogram Provider of AI-based nutrition tracking solutions | $163K | 26 mo ago | Seed | — | Victor Osorio Co-Founder & CEO | — | — | — |
| 50 | Eathic Provider of an app for managing restaurant reservations | $134K | 35 mo ago | Seed | 3 | Cosmin Meresanu Co-Founder | — | — | — |
Top 12 Food and Agriculture Tech companies in Italy
#1
Series A · Udine, Friuli Venezia Giulia · founded 2017 · 32 employees$16.5Mraised▾
Soplaya is an online marketplace platform offering multi-category grocery products. The mobile platform connecting restaurants with vendors. Restaurants can create a profile, log all their suppliers, and start to order from the platform. The platform maintains all historical logs and vendors to help businesses plan future purchases as well as provides real-time notifications on their orders. Its product offerings include fruits & vegetables, meats, spices, and more.
- Jul 2025Series A$7M
- Nov 2023Conventional Debt$1.1M
- Nov 2023Series A$12.6M
- Jul 2020Series A$4M
#2
Series C · Milan, Lombardy · founded 2017 · 91 employees$60.2Mraised▾
Farm management app optimizing agriculture through technology and sustainable practices. This is a comprehensive platform designed to empower farmers and agribusinesses with digital tools for efficient and sustainable operations. The company offers a suite of solutions including field management, machinery management, irrigation optimization, crop protection, economic management, and precision agriculture. It facilitates data-driven decision-making through features like digital field notebooks, activity management, and environmental monitoring. The platform supports regenerative agriculture practices, helping users improve sustainability and track their environmental impact. It provides services for various stakeholders in the agricultural supply chain, including contractors, agronomists, cooperatives, and input manufacturers. The company's offerings include analytics and connectivity solutions, enhancing crop intelligence and supply chain transparency. It is a Software as a Service (SaaS) platform, providing tools for farm management, sustainability, and precision agriculture.
- Oct 2024Series C$39.5M
- Mar 2023Grant (prize money)$1.1M
- Feb 2023Grant (prize money)$949.5K
- Aug 2022Series B$17.3M
#3
Seed · Milano, Umbria · founded 2022$1.2Mraised▾
App-based shopping list builder for multi-category grocery products. The products include drinks, sweets, dairy products, and more. The company also offers nutritional advisors and barcode readers.
- Jun 2025Angel$1.2M
#4
Series C · Milano, Umbria · founded 2017 · 95 employees$140Mraised▾
Sustainable vertical farming company delivering fresh, flavorful, and nutritious produce. They are transforming agriculture through vertical farms, providing communities with sustainable and flavorful food. Their values drive them to innovate and grow, focusing on vertical thinking, fresh ideas, and responsible practices. They utilize cutting-edge technology to cultivate produce with authentic taste, free from pesticides, while minimizing environmental impact. They are committed to building innovative vertical farms, nurturing people, and producing healthy, sustainable vegetables. Their approach combines technological advancements with a passion for quality and sustainability, aiming to revolutionize food production and promote a healthier future. This involves a commitment to innovation, environmental responsibility, and the cultivation of a team dedicated to making a positive impact.
- Nov 2023Series C$40M
- Dec 2022Grant (prize money)$18.6M
- Sep 2020Grant (prize money)$1.9M
#5
Seed · Venice, Veneto · founded 2019 · 31 employees$677.5Kraised▾
Online platform for restaurant bookkeeping. It delivers financial reports, weekly reports, bookkeeping, automation, and more.
- Nov 2024Seed$677.5K
#6
Acquired · Milan, Lombardia · founded 2014 · 297 employees$155.5Mraised▾
Developer of an online grocery delivery platform designed to transform the way people buy groceries and home essentials. The company's platform helps users to buy grocery items from the local supermarket using their own device and delivers them to their homes without any queuing, parking, or carrying heavyweights, enabling consumers to choose products from their favorite grocery chains, order them online and pay cash at the time of delivery.
#7
Seed · Torino, Piedmont · founded 2020 · 11 employees$432.3Kraised▾
Provider of vending automatic delivery operations services. It creates a menu based on the products inside the vending machine and connects delivery platforms and vending machines to sell the products through home delivery applications and e-commerce platforms.
- Oct 2024Conventional Debt$54.9K
- Oct 2024Seed$432.3K
- 2022Seed—
#8
Series A · Florence, Tuscany · founded 2010 · 142 employees$14.4Mraised▾
Online platform for farmers and businesses to increase carbon credits and obtain financial linkage. The platform connects farmers and businesses and assists them in obtaining financial capital for running agroforestry plantations. The businesses can get a plantation tagged in the name of their company and can reduce their carbon footprint. Photographs of the planted trees are uploaded by the farmers on the platform. The platform can also be used by individual users to reabsorb carbon emissions. Users or businesses can choose among the various agroforestry projects listed on the platform.
- Sep 2023Grant (prize money)$429.9K
- Sep 2021Series A$11.7M
- Mar 2017Seed$2.7M
#9
Series B · Melzo, Milan · founded 2018 · 16 employees$16.7Mraised▾
Innovative vertical farming company producing sustainable, pesticide-free salads and herbs. They specialize in growing fresh salads and aromatic herbs using advanced vertical farming techniques with a hydroponic system. This indoor agriculture approach ensures products are natural, without pesticides, and nickel-free. The company focuses on minimizing environmental impact by using significantly less water and land compared to traditional agriculture. This method allows for year-round cultivation, offering a sustainable and modern approach to food production. They provide a range of products including various types of lettuce and salad mixes. This is a B2C and B2B company.
- Aug 2023Conventional Debt$11M
- Jul 2023Series B$16.7M
#10
Seed · Parma, Emilia-Romagna · founded 2023$208.5Kraised▾
Provider of organic electrochemical transistor technology for real-time monitoring of plants. It is composed of a channel and a gate that enable growers to detect drought stress in tomato, monitor the life cycle of crops, monitor the psychological changes, and facilitates in vivo phenotyping.
- Dec 2024Seed$208.5K
#11
Series A · Montano Lucino, Lombardy · founded 2018 · 61 employees$5.3Mraised▾
Developer of bee-health monitoring systems. It has developed smart beehive monitoring systems using electronics and artificial intelligence technology. Its systems tend to increase production and bee health. It also offers a mobile application for remote monitoring of the hive and offers expert advisory services.
- Jan 2024Grant (prize money)$2.5M
- Dec 2022Series A$5.3M
- Aug 2019Grant (prize money)$1.7M
- Feb 2018Grant (prize money)$62.5K
#12
Seed · Genoa, Liguria · founded 2016$2.3Mraised▾
Provider of environmental monitoring systems for livestock and agricultural industries. The company offers solutions for continuous data collection and analysis. These systems monitor parameters related to animal welfare, environmental sustainability, and farm productivity. The offering includes hardware, software, and data analytics tools. It helps optimize resource management, improve animal health, and ensure regulatory compliance. The systems cater to various species, including cattle, swine, poultry, and aquaculture.
- Mar 2024Seed$2.3M
- Aug 2022Grant (prize money)$50.1K
Funding & investor landscape
Notable founders
Market landscape — 10 sub-themes by coverage
Share of Food and Agriculture Tech coverage by sub-theme.
Regulatory-risk over time rising
Funding & growth over time
funding rising · growth rising
How research on Food Technology is moving in Italy
A read on the academic research around Food Technology — which themes are gaining ground, the institutions and researchers driving them, and how the tone is shifting. Based on 1,457 Italy-affiliated papers.
- University of Bologna95
- University of Naples Federico II83
- University of Milan73
- University of Parma70
- European Food Safety Authority68
- Food processing2→14
- Food safety2→13
- Food science3→8
- Food safety7→77
- Food processing4→62
- Food science2→47
- Agriculture3→38
- Shelf life3→36
- Food safety16→169
- Sustainability5→59
- Food security12→58
- Food systems2→47
- Food processing7→50
Where food tech is researched across Italy
Location clusters by institution affiliation — each city's volume, stance tone, and a quick read on its hot topic, what's advancing, the opening opportunity, and the main concern.
Common questions
Rohit lives in the feed. He covers what's moving right now — the funding rounds, launches and shifts breaking across the trade press — and ties them back to where the sector is heading.